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GURU NANAK CHAMATKAR PART-II 335
his blessings the man became rich also. But you see, he again got into vices,
the same passions of the body due to which he had earlier suffered and
become a destitute. The sadhu was perplexed and said to his mind, "See, I
cured him and made him rich again. He should have been thankful and not
indulged in the same passions for which he knew that the fruits would be
suffering again».
What is the reason that even after experience, he indulged in the same
bodily passions? Gentlemen, Sheehan and Gajjan, you tell, what mistake the
sadhu made?
Both said: You only can tell. According to us he was benevolent and not
at fault.
Guru: Gentlemen, his habits had become like that. What else could he do
after getting well. He had to do what his nature was. What was required was
that the sadhu should have first told him the way to improve his nature and
habits. Then after becoming rich again, he would not have indulged in those
bad habits.
You know, how habits are formed? When one does the same thing again
and again, then it becomes a habit. Then the habits or so to say the deeds
done are responsible for the fruits. Ifthe deeds done are good, you get good
fruits. Ifthe deeds done are bad then you get the suffering. When the suffering
comes, then one is somewhat improved, but when somehow the suffering
goes away, and the habit is not changed, then again one gets into doing the
same deeds by force of habit.
If the habit is changed and one becomes piOUS, then when the suffering
goes, one does not indulge in the earlier done bad deeds. One is saved from
doing bad deeds again and one feels happy. I want to hJ1ve you something by
which your habits may change and then you get all other good things. When
your habits are changed then you will use the riches in a proper way and you
will not indulge in the passions that may again put you in the net of suffering.
Sheehan: 0 Benevolent Guru, we have neither knowledge nor any strength
in us. You only tell us something.
Then the Guru said: That is Name. Gentlemen, you keep company of
holy people and recite the name '0 Lord'. This Name will become a
remembrance. This remembrance will hJ1ve you a feeling of the presence of
the Lord, whose name it is, in your mind. With this your nature or so to say,
your habits will change. The dirty inclinations in your mind will get reduced
because when your mind is in the remembrance ofthe Lord all the time, then
the bad thoughts and inclinations will automatically, slowly, go away. The
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